Empress Sela

Star Trek: The Next Generation star Denise Crosby returns to Star Trek Online with the launch of Legacy of Romulus to reprise her role as Sela. Players will dive deep into the mysteries of the Romulan Star Empire, playing a game for the ultimate stakes as they immerse themselves in intrigue at the highest levels of power.

The daughter of a Romulan admiral and Starfleet officer Tasha Yar, Sela has always been a polarizing figure.

She has worked in the shadows to destabilize the Klingon Empire through an alliance with the House of Duras. She masterminded a foiled plot to invade Vulcan, and kidnapped Starfleet officer Geordi La Forge and brainwashed him in an attempt to assassinate a Klingon governor.

After the end of Shinzon’s rebellion, (seen in Star Trek: Nemesis) Sela has been propelled by her limitless ambition. She rose to the position of proconsul in the turbulent times after the Reman uprising, but lost it all in a power struggle with the Tal Shiar, ending up in exile.

That sentence saved her life – and gave it new direction. In the farthest reaches of the Beta Quadrant she found the remnants of the Hirogen communications network. Using it to contact these famed hunters, she offered them hunting rights in Romulan space, struck an alliance and began rebuilding her forces.

When Praetor Taris’ struggles with the Romulan admiralty in the late 2390s threatened to destabilize her rule, Sela was in the perfect position to exploit her weakness. Sela joined with the Hirogen and the Romulan fleet to retake the empire in 2403.

When the dust settled, Sela was Empress of the Romulan Star Empire. Since then, she has ruled with a mixture of strength and deceit. She has devoted much of the empire's resources to the Tal Shiar, building the power of their fleet and making them the dominate force in Romulan space. She will go to any lengths to restore the former glory of the Empire, making secret alliances of which even she may not understand the full implications.

As empress, Sela will not tolerate any dissent against her rule. She has openly denounced the Romulan Republic, saying that the movement to break away from the empire and create a new Romulan homeworld is a terrorist action. She is using the full force of the Tal Shiar to hunt the leaders of the Romulan Republic and will not stop until their organization is eliminated.

Beset by rebellion from within and enemies without, the Romulan Star Empire may be seeing its darkest days. But if there's anything Romulans understand, it is strength in adversity.

* Tal Shiar...
I love the story that Legacy of Romulus has in store for us but every time I encounted a Tal Shiar agent, and mentioned "come join", i have face palmed at the options at we have to select. Instead of having Fed or Klingons, let us join the RSE.

I Agree compleatly, im sick of playing pacifist, i want to work for the ROMULAN STAR EMPIRE! not some pale, play nice, whimps who cant even get themselfs going without others help. Where is the option to work for the Tal-Shiar! Come on Cryptic we are sick of namby pamby wusses, Give us Our STAR EMPIRE

according to canon, the hirogen communication network was disabled completely when one of the communication relays were destroyed by the Voyager. i somehow doubt that blackhole that was formed after Janeway's reckless approach could of been rebuilt in the same location.
it could of been rewritten instead that Sela was travelling in a remote area of the beta quadrant close to the Delta quadrant when she ran across the Hirogen. that would of made more sense.

I thought she got taken by the Iconians in that one mission with the asteroid based gateway, or was that a starship called the Empress Sela? I'll have to replay that mission I guess. I sure hope this Romulan Legacy continues that storyline, I want to learn what happened with the Iconians.

I hope you guys and Denise are having a blast working on Sela's role in the Romulan storyline.
Having recently re-played the featured episode, I'm certainly looking forward to seeing how the events leading up to it unfold.

For everone worried about ridges, there is a screen shot of Sela on the legacy of Romulus page that is of better resolution and you can see she does not have them just like on the show. She does have the Romulan hairstyle that goes with the ridges, again just like on the show.

I kind of like your on the run from an Empire it gives an almost Battlestar Galactica feel, the original that is and i love that show the new one sucks.
The Last Warbird Valdore, leads a ragtag fugitve fleet on lonely quest, as shining planet, know as New Romulus".
That sounds epic.
It gives presure, suspence, comradery between the crew, going undercover (according to other LOR info).
Goodbye Federation, Hello Romulans.

Sela really needs to go away from the storyline. As a Romulan there is no way we are going to follow some alien 1/2 breed. The Tal Shiar would have already "dealt" with her and put a true Romulan in charge.

i read somewhere romulans discontinued use of the plasma torpedo, and modern warbirds fired standard torpedoes now. I don't want to say it but I doubt the devs even watched a single episode of star trek before putting all their money on the line for STO. how could they be so short sighted? I now a dozen things off the top of my head that could turn this game around.
home we see the romulan d-7!

Your assumption that the devs have not watched Trek is patently ridiculous. I, and several fleetmates, have spent time with them at the Vegas convention, and they are trekkers and trekkies through and through.
Not only that, but they HAVE turned this game around. Your creative differences are just that, and I doubt you hold a fraction of the qualifications to do what they do on a daily basis. I know I certainly don't. I just like a good story, and the LOR story looks like it will be solid.

Romulans have been using Plasma torpedoes and disruptor cannons for hundreds of years, it a true tested and honored method that has worked for them, what would be the logic in altering that? besides if you want to have a romulan ship not using these weapons when its released, you can do so. but every trek i have sen, romulans have been using plasma/disruptor tech and i doubt that will change.

Poor Jordy, always getting beatup and kidnapped. ....then having to listen to the Mr. Tricorder joke on top of things! I was wondering where you planned to go with this, at the end of that mission before, I guess i figured wrong about you bringing iconians into a storyline, for an enemy to fight or a possible lockbox. But I imagine somewhere down the road iconian technology in some form will become a ground weapon or console. Im still curious to see how you will add the Romulan theme to our star bases...im sure there will be some decore or addition involving this. I look forward to what you have in store for us this year. -Cat

Funny I thought the ridges where a side effect of the Biogenetic alterations there ancestors did
to purge themselves of the Blood Fever read History of New Romulus sry can't remember what chapter or volume

If she has ridges, they're very, faint. Not only that, but we never saw her forehead in TNG. What I have a problem with: Romulans without ridges. Curse you Abrams! It makes sense in TOS, but come on, Nero and his band weren't Vulcans, they were Romulans!

Be glad JJ cut one scene involving a 'gorn', because that 'gorn' looked nothing like a gorn. Also, missing ridges and other butchered species is not the first crime abrams commited, the Jellyfish for example has microscopic torpedoes and that, like Nero and the Narada, are supposed to be from the timeline we all know and love.

Romulans and Vulcans have the same ancestry therefore should be able to perform mind melds. I am interested in how the Romulans and Vulcans went on with their separate paths, with Vulcans with Logic and Romulans with Conquest.

I read somewhere some time that the reason Romulans have ridges and Vulans do not is based on the fact that Vulcans gave up their emotions to gain control over their psychic powers, where Romulans grew bony ridges to insulate their minds instead. It may have been the mission on Vulcan if you go and visit? Maybe it was cannon and I can't remember... but that is what I learned somewhere.

I cant remember which movie or episode, but I think it was spock who explained that romulans seperated from vulcan culture based on a preference for emotional freedom as opposed to emotional control. That was basically all the difference between them was at them beginning. Much like pilgrims jumping on the mayflower to america to get away from religious persecution in europe.

Here is the thing about star trek, The show was about morality in today's world. I like the idea of showing the Tal'Shiar as it is ment to be.. a secret police bent on control of the populace for the good of a leader.. in this case.. the romulan empress..

I would definitely like to know how Sela was able to use a disabled communications network to contact the Hirogen. Not to mention, how the Hirogen managed to get the the Beta Quadrant so quickly. These are my only problems with Sela's backstory.